radicalise
Push toward extremism
To radicalise is to make someone adopt extreme political, social, or religious views—or to become extreme oneself.
The word typically implies a shift toward positions outside the mainstream, often with connotations of potential violence: He was radicalised online by extremist forums.
The process usually involves rejecting moderate positions in favor of fundamental change.
Spelled radicalize in American English.
Coercively alter beliefs
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
recruit · groom · inculcate · persuade · influence · fundamentalism · extremist · fanaticism
Direct effort for reform
- militantAggressive cause supporter
- agitatorOne who foments discord
- insurgentOne who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
grassroots · mobilize · partisan · faction · underground · resistance · dissident · uprising
Improve by correcting faults
- revolutionizeChange something fundamentally
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
systemic change · restructure · upheaval · overturn · shake up · challenge · destabilize · rethink
brainwash
Coercively alter beliefs
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
conditioning · recruit · groom · inculcate · persuade · influence · fundamentalism · extremist · fanaticism · jihad
activism
Direct effort for reform
revolutionary · grassroots · mobilize · partisan · faction · underground · resistance · dissident · uprising · subversive
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- revolutionizeChange something fundamentally
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
disrupt · systemic change · restructure · upheaval · overturn · shake up · challenge · destabilize · rethink · reimagine
radicalisemoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
deradicalise · temper · soften · mainstream · normalise
radicalisereintegrate
Return to unified state
rehabilitate · socialise · assimilate · domesticate · civilise
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